Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a disgustingly dirty or foul manner: Describes an action done with extreme dirtiness, squalor, or moral corruption.
   • In an obscene or vile manner: Describes something done in a way that is morally repulsive or indecent.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The kitchen was filthily dirty, with grime covering every surface.
  • He spoke filthily, using language that shocked everyone in the room.
  • The stray dog, filthily matted with mud, wandered the streets.

Advanced Usage

• "to live filthily": to reside in a state of extreme squalor and uncleanliness.
  • The reports described how the tenants were forced to live filthily in the condemned building.
• "to behave filthily": to act in a morally corrupt or obscene way.
  • The character in the novel behaved filthily, betraying everyone who trusted him.

Variants and Related Words

• Filthy (adjective): extremely dirty, or morally obscene and offensive.
  • The windows were filthy.
  • It was a filthy lie.
• Filth (noun): disgusting dirt, or offensive and obscene material.
  • The alley was full of filth.
  • The book was accused of being pure filth.
• Filthiness (noun): the state or quality of being filthy.

Synonyms

• Dirtily: in a dirty manner.
• Squalidly: in a state of extreme dirtiness and poverty.
• Foully: in a disgustingly dirty or wicked manner.
• Obscenely: in an offensive or indecent manner.

Antonyms

• Cleanly: in a clean manner.
• Purely: in a pure, clean, or chaste manner.
• Decently: in a proper and morally acceptable manner.

Related Phrases

• "Filthily rich" (informal, idiomatic): extremely wealthy, often with a connotation of the wealth being obtained through corrupt or immoral means.
  • The corrupt official was filthily rich from his bribes.

Adverb

1. in a filthy unclean manner
   • a dirtily dressed camel driver